Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Standards

2.PK.3 Balance on one foot for at least five seconds.
Content Standard 3.0: Dance
Indicator PD=Physical Development Examples: Children will/may... Supportive Practice: Practitioner/Adult will…
3.PK.1 Demonstrate locomotor movements such as up,
down, forward, and backward.
3.PK.2 Demonstrate the ability to follow basic
movements (e.g., over, under, in, out, in between).
Physical Development
Play hopscotch or other jumping games
with other children.
Enjoy playing “Simon Says” to follow
directions and try new large motor skills.
Demonstrate or try to balance on one foot
for at least five seconds.
Begin to demonstrate how to do
something new that they have learned.
Follow simple movements during play
and activities.
Engage in activities or songs that require
them to follow simple movements.
Use various sized containers, such as baskets
for playing basketball, and practice throwing
the balls into the containers.
Roll medium to large balls to knock
over water bottles or blocks.
Encourage children to throw, bounce, and
kick balls to one another.
Give children opportunities to climb, do
somersaults, and roll their whole bodies.
Have children try to walk with a bean bag on
their heads.
Make stilts for children to balance on with
tuna or coffee cans and some rope.
Create obstacle courses indoors and out
to practice motor skills.
Provide scarves, streamers or other props
and move to music.
Do stretching exercises (e.g., bending
sideways, touching toes, etc.).
Use descriptive movement phrases (e.g.,
“float like a bubble”, or “pop like popcorn”
and let children demonstrate).
Create pictures of various dance forms
(e.g., ballet, tap, ice skating) and encourage
children to try to demonstrate them.
Play music with various tempos (e.g., fast
or slow) and have children move to them.
Create a “treasure hunt” map incorporating
basic movements (e.g., over, under, in,
between) and encourage children to find
the treasure.
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